sion

Other forms of sion

plural

sions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sion

What does sion mean?

sion means "originally a stronghold captured by David (the 2nd king of the Israelites); above it was built a temple and later the name extended to the whole hill; finally it became a synonym for the city of Jerusalem". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sion?

sion has 2 syllables and divides as si-on under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for sion?

Close synonyms include Zion, Israel, State of Israel, Yisrael, Zion. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sion a common word?

sion is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.